Reading
Comprehension Worksheet

Weather

Ask anyone
who's been through an extreme weather event and they will tell
you that the tornado, hurricane, flash flood, blizzard or avalanche
they experienced was indeed the worst kind of weather to live
through.

But perhaps
no one can testify to the shocking power of sudden severe weather
as well as those who have had a bolt of white-hot lightning shoot
through them. Lightning can strike with little or no warning in
some parts of the world. Twenty percent of lightning victims are
struck dead immediately.

Because lightning
bolts strike Earth approximately 100 times a second, it stands
to reason that lightning kills more people annually than hurricanes
or tornadoes, according to a number of experts.

1.
What percentage of those struck by lightning, live to tell about
it?

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2.
How often does lightning strike the Earth in a minute?

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3.
What form of severe weather do experts feel leads to the most deaths
annually?